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Published January 5, 2012 - 5:36am Last Updated January 5, 2012 - 7:57am

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Beaton nets pair in Team Atlantic win

Springhill’s Bronson Beaton potted a pair of goals to pace Team Atlantic to a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic in the seventh-place game at the world under-17 hockey championship Tuesday night in Windsor, Ont.

Alex Gallant and Oliver Cooper had the other goals for Team Atlantic, which finished the tournament with a 2-3 record.

Bo Horvat, Nicholas Baptiste and Jordan Subban had the other goals for Ontario. Leon Bristedt scored both goals for Sweden.

Sergei Tolchinski scored three goals, including one on a penalty shot, as Russia defeated the United States 7-4 to win gold.

Nickerson to compete at Winter Youth Olympics

Brendan Nickerson will leave his home on Cape Sable Island and head to Austria later this month for the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics.

The 15-year-old Nickerson, a defenceman for the South Shore Mustangs of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League, will man the blue-line for the Canadian hockey team. He’s the lone Nova Scotian among a contingent of 51 athletes and 21 coaches and officials that will compete in 13 sports at the Jan. 12-22 event in Innsbruck.

The Winter Youth Olympic Games are a sports and cultural festival celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. Nearly 1,100 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 will represent more than 60 countries and compete in the same sports that will also be represented at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Hockey great Parent to attend celebrity diner

Hockey hall-of-fame goalie and two-time Stanley Cup champion Bernie Parent will be part of the 40th annual Sports Celebrity Dinner in Halifax in February.

Parent backstopped the Philadelphia Flyers to two championships in the mid-1970s. He won back-to-back Vezina and Conn Smythe trophies in 1974 and ’75.

Parent will join former world heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes, hall-of-fame quarterback Warren Moon and former NHL great Chris Chelios at the event, Feb. 9 at the Cunard Centre in Halifax.

Jewells vying for spot on Canadian hoop team

Donkin’s Jamey Jewells is heading to Vegas in hopes of winning a spot on the Canadian senior women’s wheelchair basketball team.

The 22-year-old will be in Las Vegas for the national team’s six-day selection camp, which begins Sunday at the University of Neveda.

Thirty-seven male and female athletes will vie for the 12 spots on each of the men’s and women’s teams. The 12 men and 12 women will compete for Canada at a number of marquee international events in 2012, most notably the Paralympic Summer Games in London, England.

The women’s wheelchair basketball squad captured three Paralympic gold medals (1992, 1996, 2000) and a bronze in 2004. They have also reached the podium at six consecutive world championships.

Alomar among Blue Jays coming to Halifax

Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar and three current members of the Toronto Blue Jays will make appearances in Halifax next Thursday as part of the team’s winter tour.

Catcher J.P. Arencibia, pitcher Brett Cecil and outfielder Eric Thames will accompany Alomar on the outing, which will include visits with children at St. Stephen’s elementary school in north-end Halifax and with military personnel at CFB Halifax and aboard HMCS Toronto.

They’ll also be available to sign autographs at the Metro Centre before the Halifax Mooseheads host the Drummondville Voltigeurs in a QMJHL contest. A valid game ticket is required to participate in the autograph session, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the concourse level.

Upshaw activated for Rainmen game tonight

Christian (T-Bear) Upshaw will be in uniform tonight when the Halifax Rainmen host the Oshawa Power.

The Rainmen confirmed in a release Wednesday that the Halifax native and former St. Francis Xavier star had been activated from the injured reserve list in time to suit up for tonight’s tilt.

The rookie point guard has missed 14 games since breaking a bone in his elbow in the Rainmen’s season debut Nov. 3 in London, Ont.

•Two Oshawa players were disciplined Wednesday for their roles in a scrum near the end of Sunday’s blowout loss to the Rainmen.

Guard Jerome Brown was suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing a punch at Halifax forward Tyrone Levett, while centre Paul Campbell was fined for leaving the bench during the altercation.

Brown will serve his suspension by sitting out tonight’s rematch against the Rainmen.

Newcastle drops Manchester United 3-0

LONDON (AP) — Manchester United handed the initiative back to Manchester City in the English Premier League title race on Wednesday, losing 3-0 at Newcastle on a night its former goalkeeper Tim Howard scored a freak goal for Everton.

Newcastle handed United to a second defeat in four days, with Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye scoring superb goals either side of halftime and Phil Jones scoring a late own goal to heap the misery on Alex Ferguson’s side.

United is three points behind City.

Howard became the fourth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League but Bolton recovered to win 2-1 and climb off the bottom of the standings.

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